Tool for marking tile



Dec. 13, 1955 G. E. JOHNSON 2,726,451

TOOL FOR MARKING TILE Filed June 2, 1953 INVEN TOR. GEORGE E. JOHNSONATTORNEY United States Patent TOOL FOR MARKING TILE George E. Johnson,Netar ts, Oreg.

Application June 2, 1953, Serial No. 359,164

2 Claims. (Cl. 33-23) My invention relates to tools for marking tilesand is particularly adapted for marking tile to fit into irregularplaces, as for instance around door jambs, toilets and other permanentfixtures.

The primary object of my invention is the provision of a marking toolthat can be used to transfer offsets to the tile from the object towhich the tile is to be fit, as for instance door casings and the like.

These and other incidental objects will be apparent in the drawings,specifications and claims.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure l is a plan view of my marking tool as it is applied to a tile tobe fit against a door casing or other object.

Figure 2 is a sectional view, taken on line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional view, taken on line 33 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of one of the guides associated with thetool.

Figure 5 is a side View of one of the points for positioning the tool onthe tile.

Referring more specifically to the drawings:

My new and improved marking tool consists of a rectangular plate orbase 1. A slot 2 is formed in the base 1 longitudinally thereof and isadapted to receive the leg 3 of the T-shaped guide member 4. The arms 5of the guide member 4 extend at right angles to the leg 3, referringparticularly to Figure 4. The tips of the arms 5 have upwardly extendingguides 6 for guiding the scribing bar 7 therethrough. The leg 3 of theT-rnember 4 is guided along within the slot 2, thereby guiding thescribing bar 7 from one end of the base 1 to the other, while the arms5, forming part of the T-member 4, maintain the scribing bar at rightangles to the base 1, referring particularly to Figure l.

Downwardly extending points 8 are pressed from the base 1 and registerbetween the edges 9 of the already laid tile 19 and 10A, referringparticularly to Figure 2, at one end of the base of the marking tool,while the points 11 formed on the end of the screws 12 register with theedge 13 of the tile 10A. The points 8 and 11 maintain the base 1 atright angles, or in definite relationship to the tile 1013 beingscribed.

The screws 12 of the points 11 are adapted to be positioned in the holes14 of the base plate 1 to the desired position, depending upon the sizeof the tile being laid. The edge 15 of the point 16 of the scribing bar'7 is located on the center line of the bar. The object of locating theedge in this manner is that the said edge will pass down over the sidesof the offsets 18 of the door easing or object 19 to be fitted aroundwith the tile 10B.

2,726,451 Patented Dec. 13, 1955 If the edges 17 were on the oppositeside than that shown the scribing bar 7 would be turned over. A hole 20passes through the end 21 of the scribing bar and is adapted to receivethe point 22 of the pencil 23 in the scribing of the tile with themarking lines 24 corresponding to the offsets 18 of the object 19.

I will now describe the operation of my new and improved tool formarking tile. The base of the scribing tool is positioned as shown inFigure 1, the points 8 aligning with the edges 9 of the tiles 10 and 10Awhich have already been laid and the points 11 brought against the edge13 of the tile 10A. This squares the tool up in relation to the tile.The edge 10C of the tile 10B is brought up against the edge 25 of thebase 1 of the tool, best illustrated in Figure 3, until the distances 26corresponding to the distance 27 between the edge of the tile 10A andthe wall surface 28 correspond. The distance 26 is where the pencilpoint 22 will scribe the line 29.-

When the point 16 reaches the edge 17 of the first offset 18, the pencilwill follow down and make the line 24A. When the point 16 strikes thesurface 30, the pencil will scribe the line 24B and so on until thecomplete offset line 24 is completed. After the scribing bar 7 is moved,the guide member 4 will move in the slot 2 of the base 1 and thescribing bar will move between the guides 6 of the said guide member 4.After the lines 24 have been scribed, the tile is cut and put in placearound the object 19.

What is claimed is:

1. A tile marking tool comprising a plate having means to fit it onopposite sides of a tile, said means comprising depending lips pressedout at one end of the plate to fit one edge of a tile, a series ofopenings formed at the opposite end of the plate, and a screw fitted inany one of the openings to engage the opposite edge of a tile, a tracerbar mounted on the plate to slide longitudinally on the plate andtransversely on said plate, one side face of the end of the tracer barbeing cut away to form a face in line with the center of the tracer bar,and a pencil at the opposite end of the tracer bar, whereby uponmovement of the end of the tracer bar following a line parallel with theplate or a line at right angles thereto the pencil will follow thecorresponding pattern.

2. A tile marking tool comprising a plate having a slot therein, meanson the plate to set it in position on a tile, said means comprisingdepending lips pressed out at one end of the plate to fit one edge of atile, a series of openings formed at the opposite end of the plate, anda screw fitted in any one of the openings to engage the opposite edge ofa tile, a follower slidably fitting in the slot and extendingtransversely across the plate, said follower having guide lugs, a tracerbar slidably mounted between the guide lugs, one end of the tracer barhaving its side face cut back to form a face in alignment with thecenter of said tracer bar, and a pencil in the opposite end of thetracer bar to trace a pattern on a tile scribed by the end of and theflat face at the opposite end of the tracer bar.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS2,588,757 Peeples Mar. 11, 1952 FOREIGN PATENTS 389,384 Great BritainMar. 16, 1933 609,845 Germany June 5, 1935

